This is a discussion on Electric Motorcycle within the Chat and Banter forums, part of the TheBoard category; Further to Motoweb's question regarding electric bikes:
Here's one offer that looks to be very sincere, serious, and viable -
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45 Miles might get me to the In-Laws House and back home without charging, but a battery recharge would make a good excuse for stopping at one of the many "interests" along the way
On the more serious side, unless advances were made in performance and efficiency it won't sell to the common motorcyclist of our current times.
I'm around. It's winter and I'm hibernating much like the warm weather creatures do. For me, wintertime is a time to increase the waistline a bit, enjoy the woodstove, read a book and stay the hell out of the cold.
For cold weather riding, electric manufacturers would need to engineer the use of personal heating products into the mix. Otherwise, one couldn't ride an electric motorcycle in cold weather because the use of heated gloves and socks would reduce the overall range.
It was up to 65 degrees today. If I weren't still getting over a cold/bronchitis I'd be out in it.
Obviously, you're from Arkansas (just kiddin')!! Although some riders up here use heated grips, not all do, and I don't know of anyone who uses heated socks!Great ideas though. Actually, don't heated socks come with their own battery? Don't hunters use these? Excellent glove offers and wrap around fairings nowadays make heated grips even more of a luxury than a necessity.In the end, until they get the range (45 miles) increased, it doesn't really matter.We had a couple of nice (>50 degrees) days up here last week, but I've got the bike half taken apart. Now it's back to around +12 degrees F).
Go for it! 
... hmmm, maybe these things could be secretly programmed to eliminate only those riders that... nevermind.
